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Facebook fined £500K for Cambridge Analytica saga
A £500k is the best the Information Commissioner’s Office could do under the old Data Protection Act.
Airport mislays world’s most expensive USB stick
In October 2017, a member of the public found a USB stick containing a trove of data on security systems and procedures at one of the world’s busiest airports.
England versus Facebook – score currently stands at £500,000-nil
The UK privacy regulator has fired a £0.5M shot across Facebook’s bows in the looks-set-to-go-on-for-ages “Cambridge Analytica” saga
Nuisance call bosses, get your wallets ready!
Currently, only businesses themselves are liable for the fines, so the directors declare bankruptcy and then play whack-a-mole. They may now be held personally liable to the tune of up to £500,000.
Cryptocurrency clampdown! Twitter bans ICO ads to combat scammers
Twitter is to ban advertisers from pushing Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) or selling tokens on its platform.
Online pharmacy fined for selling user data to lottery company and others
The ICO has fined an online pharmacy company that not only sold on user data without proper consent, it also made some astonishingly crass choices of customers to sell it to, including a lottery company.
Are you (inadvertently) selling your personal data on eBay?
We might well think we’re properly erasing data from gadgets before we sell them or dump them, but in fact we’re leaving smears of personal data lingering that can lead to identity theft. 
Stolen storage device leads to loss of customer bank and personal data
Thousands of Lloyds Bank customers who had insurance through Royal Sun Alliance may have had names, addresses and account numbers exposed.
Children’s apps and websites raise privacy concerns
Members of the Global Privacy Enforcement Network say many kids’ websites and apps collect and share too much personal information.